// The first day I was on my own for tWp, I elected to head up to the Baha’i Temple in Wilmette. I spent a rather long time shooting pre-dawn. After the sun came up it was painfully clear that there was to be no warm sunrise, so I packed it in, hands double-gloved yet...
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Tags: Baha'i Temple, Chicago, hdr, justin kern, lake michigan, Nikon D700, photomatix, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8, Sunrise, Wilmette, winter
When you are all alone with your camera well before dawn and well before the rest of the world will come to meet you, you have the opportunity to bend the rules. I was taking some photographs of the otherworldly Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette, IL when I decided to step inside for a...
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Tags: Baha'i Temple, Chicago, Church, hdr, justin kern, Nikon D700, photomatix, The Greatest Name, Wilmette, winter, Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 fisheye
One of the things that I love about HDR photography is that you can take a photograph – generally esteemed to be an “objective” art form – and you can render your subjective aesthetic onto that photograph. Sometimes, with the right subject, this can lend a graphic art type quality to the lines and colors...
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I’ve mentioned before how the light was relatively poor while I was photographing the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette. There was no sunrise and I missed the five seconds of great light by being on the wrong side of the building. Despite these setbacks, I came away with a few great images, predominately because...
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Tags: Baha'i Temple, Chicago, hdr, justin kern, morning, Nikon D700, photomatix, Sunrise, Twilight, white balance, Wilmette
